Brad's Garage, It's not easy being Green

[goIftdibrad]

planz for the weekend:

Saturday I shall do my yard in the am. I may go to the gym first, TBD.
saturday early afternoon I will do some garage/storage rearranging.
At some point I'll go to homebrew shop for beer supplies.
late afternoon and evening I shall do my grom front forks.

Sunday I will prob go to gym if I didnt go saturday. I will prob food prep for the week. I will go ride grom around with its newfound front suspendy bits.

monday I will brew some beerz and watch the monacco GP.

solid plan is solid.

[dubshow]

I STAND READY SIR. BOTTLES IN HAND.

[goIftdibrad]

I installed my vise!


Forks off grom for new valve kitssss


doing work. Learned a lot about motorcycle forks this day.


Maybe this will help the internet, cause there is crap info on this online. Basically, the TEXT of the directions is right, the PICTURES are wrong. the hardracing video describes it well but only SHOWS one valve, the compression. It too failed to take a pic of it the correct way.



Also, I guess on most motorbike forks, one valve handles compression and one handles rebound. It does on the grom.

Grom feels WAY better on the front end now, night and day difference.

edit: also shout out mnnthbx / ohlins for including spare washers and c-clips in the install kit. The 2017+ grom forks have different style valves on the inside; there are no c-clips and the washers are a different size. that dollar's worth of parts saved me much aggravation.

[goIftdibrad]

PLACON 1, all hands.

BMW is going away.

PLZ find me a NC miata PRHT with a manual at a within 500 miles of BR, LA.

[troyguitar]

PLACON 1, all hands.

BMW is going away.

PLZ find me a NC miata PRHT with a manual at a within 500 miles of BR, LA.

Sure you don't want an auto?

[Melon]

PLACON 1, all hands.

BMW is going away.

PLZ find me a NC miata PRHT with a manual at a within 500 miles of BR, LA.

Sure you don't want an auto?

with the Zing!

[goIftdibrad]

PLACON 1, all hands.

BMW is going away.

PLZ find me a NC miata PRHT with a manual at a within 500 miles of BR, LA.

Sure you don't want an auto?

[goIftdibrad]

https://www.carmax.com/car/14561611

going to go get the bmw appraised at carmax, if the number comes back good I'll likely get the above car.

[Desertbreh]

https://www.carmax.com/car/14561611

going to go get the bmw appraised at carmax, if the number comes back good I'll likely get the above car.

Sorry what is the backstory on why you want to replace your BMW with a Miata? General distaste for power?

[goIftdibrad]

https://www.carmax.com/car/14561611

going to go get the bmw appraised at carmax, if the number comes back good I'll likely get the above car.

Sorry what is the backstory on why you want to replace your BMW with a Miata? General distaste for power?

general distaste for the payment, and wanted a cheaper 'not as nice' car that i can really beat on.

[Desertbreh]

Sorry what is the backstory on why you want to replace your BMW with a Miata? General distaste for power?

general distaste for the payment, and wanted a cheaper 'not as nice' car that i can really beat on.

Got it.

[goIftdibrad]

general distaste for the payment, and wanted a cheaper 'not as nice' car that i can really beat on.

Not surprised.

The 3rd car shouldn't be

Needs to be cheap.

yea.

[goIftdibrad]

Carmax offer was a straight up joke. Sucks, cause i liked the little blue car. and their financing was a joke.
Fuck carmax, never again.

[Apex]

Carmax offer was a straight up joke. Sucks, cause i liked the little blue car. and their financing was a joke.
Fuck carmax, never again.

[dubshow]

Carmax offer was a straight up joke. Sucks, cause i liked the little blue car. and their financing was a joke.
Fuck carmax, never again.

unless they have some unicorn thing at the local store, I'll never fucking deal with them. Their apprasial guys seem to be VERY hit or miss.

My 2011 tdi golf is a great example. very clean, 1 owner 22k miles, oem bixenon. Was offered $14k when trade was $16-17k nada/kbb. I sold it for $16,5 2 weeks later.

The VERY next week, the guy I sold my roof rack too, 1 week later went to carmax: got $17,500 for his 2010 lower spec TDI with 70k miles 3rd owner DAILY SMOKED IN and far from clean.

same carmax location, 1 week later, $3500 difference... No roof rack would add $3500 trade value...


very much fuck carmax.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Now you get to deal with selling a $30k+ foreign vehicle without a pickup bed to airboaters that haven't seen that amount of cash in their entire lives.

Dis gon get gud.

[4zilch]

"I'll hang on to the BMW for at least 3 years," he said.

force is real

Disclaimer: numbers may not be approved

[goIftdibrad]

"I'll hang on to the BMW for at least 3 years," he said.

force is real

Disclaimer: numbers may not be approved

you aint wrong.

[goIftdibrad]

Now you get to deal with selling a $30k+ foreign vehicle without a pickup bed to airboaters that haven't seen that amount of cash in their entire lives.

Dis gon get gud.

I need to trade in.

[4zilch]

Now you get to deal with selling a $30k+ foreign vehicle without a pickup bed to airboaters that haven't seen that amount of cash in their entire lives.

Dis gon get gud.

I need to trade in.

Fur-inn (Euro) motorbikes are painful to sell. I'll probably end up trading the KTM at the next

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Now you get to deal with selling a $30k+ foreign vehicle without a pickup bed to airboaters that haven't seen that amount of cash in their entire lives.

Dis gon get gud.

I need to trade in.

Are you even above water at trade-in?

If not, this is a stupid

Just throwing some

[Johnny_P]

[goIftdibrad]

I need to trade in.

Are you even above water at trade-in?

If not, this is a stupid

Just throwing some

no. But cashflow is cashflow, and the money is 'spent' one way or another. Might as well get on with the business of getting a car i can enjoy more.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Are you even above water at trade-in?

If not, this is a stupid

Just throwing some

no. But cashflow is cashflow, and the money is 'spent' one way or another. Might as well get on with the business of getting a car i can enjoy more.

Enjoy more because you spend less on it?

This seems like a move to me.

[goIftdibrad]

no. But cashflow is cashflow, and the money is 'spent' one way or another. Might as well get on with the business of getting a car i can enjoy more.

Enjoy more because you spend less on it?

This seems like a move to me.